The live demonstrations will be held at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008, one of the world's largest international exhibitions for construction and construction materials industries.

In both indoor and outdoor settings, the demonstrations will feature four crucial Connected Site workflows on the modern construction job site by showing how two-way data transfer and real-time communications increase productivity for site positioning, grade control, asset management, and the Trimble Connected Community.

- Connecting Site Positioning Systems - demonstration of real-time, two-way data flow between the office and GPS or total station positioning systems. By eliminating trips back to the office to retrieve or download the latest design and work order data, the process is streamlined and enables field crews to have the most up-to-date information, reducing downtime and making field crews more efficient and productive.

- Connecting Grade Control Systems - demonstration of the productivity improvements from real-time, two-way data for grade control systems, which creates an intelligent "live" link between the machines and the office. The live link enables contractors to rapidly send up-to-date design information to the cab eliminating time consuming trips to site and reducing errors associated with use of incorrect or out-of-date site models.

Two-way data also allows the equipment manager to monitor the location and activity of each machine and to retrieve as graded and compaction data from the machines to monitor site production volumes and compaction performance.

- Connecting Equipment and Mobile Assets - demonstration of the Trimble Construction Manager solution, which combines GPS and wireless communications to enable contractors to connect to their assets on heavy and highway projects. Using an Internet-enabled interface, the contractor can see the status of each piece of equipment on their construction sites--live in the office.

This powerful solution allows the contractor to monitor and report cycle times, delivery status, equipment productivity and utilization, machine run time and idle-time hours, and fuel consumption to maximize their equipment fleet and improve their operations by lowering costs, improving project cost reporting and reducing project risk.

- Connecting a Community - demonstration of the Trimble Connected Community. Using Web communication technologies, contractors can integrate head office, site office and field crew operations into a communication portal that can be accessed by construction project stakeholders. In addition, a contractor can extend their user community to include engineers, subcontractors, suppliers and the owners of their projects.

The Connected Community can provide insight into project operations, head office activities, and provide a collaboration site that allows efficient sharing of information and rapid resolution of site problems and requests for information. The collaborative environment leverages information resources, promotes efficiencies, and reduces delays associated with communicating and sharing information with multiple stakeholders on the construction site.

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